Prisoner collar - $350.00
Woven from hemp cordage. Design from an original at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Hand rolled brass cones, madder-dyed deerhair tassels and quillwrapped ends. Box braided ropes are about 10' feet long withe chain knots like on some original pieces. Collar is about 1 1/4" by 16". SOLD Click on image to enlarge

Slash and square tumpline - $400.00
Simple two tone design worked in hemp. This design is suggested by some existing originals but no attempt was made to adapt any particular design. SOLD Click on image to enlarge.

Prisoner Rope - $175.00
Prisoner rope approx. 24 feet long. Box braided from dyed hemp cordage. Quillwrapped ends, hand rolled brass cones with madder-dyed deer hair. I usually have one or two of these available. Quillwrap patterns will vary. Click on image to enlarge.

Tumpline - $450.00
This piece is a combination of design and technique from two different originals. Strap design is adapted from the "Guthman" moosehair embroidered hornstrap (apparently a cutdown tumpline). The tails are done with a diagonal warpface weave rather than an oblique weave. By using two colors of "warp" the spiral effect is created. This is taken from some tumplines in the Museé du Quai-Branly in France. Strap is approx. 2"x22" and the tails are 10'long with the last 3' split into two. Click on image to enlarge. SOLD

Strap - $600.00
Bag or horn strap, or narrow sash. 1 3/4" x 45". Small yarn like the 18th and 19th century pieces. Beads woven in as seems much more common than previously thought. Braintan thongs included for tieing to a horn. Click on image to enlarge. SOLD

Strap - $450.00
Horn or bag strap. 1 1/2" x 48" The beads are woven into this strap to create the design. This type of weaving is good for all time periods going back as far as the 1740's. The brown color is achieved with madder root dye as are the more well known madder reds. The different color comes from how the dye bath is prepared and changes in heat. Braintan thongs for attaching to a horn included on request. Click on image to enlarge.

Strap - $450.00
Bag or horn strap 1 1/2" x 48" Woven from small yarns with the beads woven on the yarn. The pattern represents thunder. A symbol of great power seen often, particularily on Great Lakes items. Braintan thongs to attach to a horn included on request. Click on image to enlarge.

Strap - $350.00
Bag or hornstrap 1 1/2" x 48" Madder red with a narrow black selvedge and a simple slash pattern created from beads woven in. Includes thongs on request. Click image to enlarge.

Strap - $550.00
Bag or hornstrap Approx. 2" x 46" Stylized "ottertail" design. The otter was seen as a creature of both land and water and was a swift and cunning hunter. Madder-dyed small yarns with bead woven in. Thongs included on request. Click image to enlarge.

Sash - $950.00
Madder-dyed sash with beads woven in. Approx. 3 1/2" x 33" with 30" fringes. Long fringes for tying are the most common seen on original sashes, with the woven part short enough to go around the waist only once or even shorter on the 'earlier' style, oblique woven pieces. Even the later and longer (twice around) Assomption sashes had the long fringes. Click on image to enlarge.

Warclub - $225.00
Ball style warclub. Often carved with symbols of meaning to the owner, telling of his deeds. A well balanced club is a very efficient weapon in close combat. This club is made from a blank carved from a plank rather than from a root ball. Click on image to enlarge.

Warclub - $200.00
Ballhead war club. Cut from a plank of curly maple. This simple club has glass beads set to represent eyes in the dog's head handle end. Click on image to enlarge.

Warclub - $150.00
This "gunstock" style club is patterned after a sioux piece from the 19th century. The shape is much older than native knowledge of guns but the term is a good description. Click on image to enlarge.